Can Someone Pls Explain

[rivergirl 2]

First off, i'm canadian so i don't really pay too much attention to the whole college football scene. Although this year i have and find myself utterly confused.....why do they have 5 "BCS" bowl games if the top 10 teams do not play in them?(it really should be a 1v2, 3v4, 5v6 etc)I mean why rank teams ahead of others if they aren't worthy of a major bowl game selection?(why is a #9 ranked team not playing a major bowl yet a #15 is?)this to me makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE...if they think a worse ranked team is better than a team ranked better, why are they ranked that way in the first place.If they are going to just randomly give bowl games to the teams they would like to see more, then why not just rank them that way or do away with the ranking system entirely? And how is that undefeated teams are not ranked better than teams with one or more losses? I can understand the whole "tougher schedules" being taken into consideration but unfortunately some teams are stuck in divisions that will never be seen as "tough enough". Doesn't the fact that these teams are winning by more than considerable margins make any difference. It just upsets me that the ranking system is a farce and doesn't have anything to do with how the teams are perceived when it comes to being rewarded with bowl game berths. So if there is anybody out there that can make sense of any of this, i would love to hear it....

[HollywoodAFD 0]

First off, i'm canadian so i don't really pay too much attention to the whole college football scene. Although this year i have and find myself utterly confused.....why do they have 5 "BCS" bowl games if the top 10 teams do not play in them?(it really should be a 1v2, 3v4, 5v6 etc)I mean why rank teams ahead of others if they aren't worthy of a major bowl game selection?(why is a #9 ranked team not playing a major bowl yet a #15 is?)this to me makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE...if they think a worse ranked team is better than a team ranked better, why are they ranked that way in the first place.If they are going to just randomly give bowl games to the teams they would like to see more, then why not just rank them that way or do away with the ranking system entirely? And how is that undefeated teams are not ranked better than teams with one or more losses? I can understand the whole "tougher schedules" being taken into consideration but unfortunately some teams are stuck in divisions that will never be seen as "tough enough". Doesn't the fact that these teams are winning by more than considerable margins make any difference. It just upsets me that the ranking system is a farce and doesn't have anything to do with how the teams are perceived when it comes to being rewarded with bowl game berths. So if there is anybody out there that can make sense of any of this, i would love to hear it....

Short answer: MONEYeveryone who follows college football has been asking the same questions for a long time.The BCS makes NO sense at all.

[DrawingDeadInDM 0]

First off, i'm canadian so i don't really pay too much attention to the whole college football scene. Although this year i have and find myself utterly confused.....

Standard.

[SGFULTON83 0]

I think even the people who have been watching college football forever are trying to figure this BCS stuff out. Like Hollywood said its all about the money, but we are need of a playoff system like every other form of sports has. It wouldn't be that difficult to figure out how to do a playoff, it would just lose schools money and sponsors money when your 6-6 team gets to go play in the MagicJack St. Petersburg Bowl. I mean we have waited all year for this game, its so exciting! SW OBV. We could easily have a 16 team playoff that would take 4 weeks which is about how long the bowl season lasts. You could have all 11 conference champions, along with ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC runner-ups to have a 16 team playoff or something similar. But the NCAA and schools would lose money so its not likely to see this happen although I would love to see something like this happen.EDIT: Notre Dame needs to go ahead and join a conference as well, but they would lose money doing that getting to play the teams they do and with NBC package. See there is a common theme here, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!

[Jadaki 0]

The BCS is supposed to match up #1 vs #2, and that's it. The other "BCS" bowl games are just labeled that way for prestige purposes and they get to pick the teams they want to play in them. The Rose bowl historically has ties to the Pac-10 and Big-10, so the champions of those two conferences generally play there unless one is selected for the BCS title game. There are some rules, like no conference can have more than 2 teams in BCS bowls, and if Notre Dame manages to beat all the service academies they get automatic entry into a BCS game.

[Jadaki 0]

But the NCAA and schools would lose money so its not likely to see this happen although I would love to see something like this happen.

You really think they would lose money with a playoff system? They would pull in insane amounts of advertising revenue.

[SGFULTON83 0]

You really think they would lose money with a playoff system? They would pull in insane amounts of advertising revenue.

Yes, I really think the schools that get to go play in some crappy bowl in mid-december would lose out on money if there was a playoff system in place. Not neccesarily the NCAA as a whole but the individual schools would lose out on some money. Obviously the schools that would be in the playoffs would not complain.

[Jadaki 0]

Yes, I really think the schools that get to go play in some crappy bowl in mid-december would lose out on money if there was a playoff system in place. Not neccesarily the NCAA as a whole but the individual schools would lose out on some money. Obviously the schools that would be in the playoffs would not complain.

Minor bowls games can still exist with a playoff system.

[CaneBrain 95]

You really think they would lose money with a playoff system? They would pull in insane amounts of advertising revenue.

They realized long ago that a college football playoff would be a gold mine.The problem is they already make lots of cash on the current system AND MOST IMPORTANTLY the university presidents make these decisions and there are a few big time power players who DONT want a playoff ever. Most of these people reside in the Big 10 and Pac 10 (moreso the Pac 10) and they think the Rose Bowl has magical powers or something. So if you want someone to blame, there you go.